Etymology

wertrational

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Today it means: Pursued because of reasons or motives intrinsic to the actor. Full definition →

German wertrational
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  1. German · borrowed fromwertrational
  2. English todaywertrational

Borrowed from German wertrational. Used by Max Weber.

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